{ "title": "We visited for you... the Tokyo Nippori Senigai fashion district!" , "date": 1719128888 , "content": [ [ "hidden", "Nippori Senigai" ] , [ "p", "Nippori Senigai (繊維街, litterally "fabric street") is the home of over 90 fabric, leather and ribbon stores at the heart of Tokyo. It has been a heaven for fashion enthusiasts for more than a century and you can even find second-hand yukatas there." ] , [ "img", [ "life-shopping-nipporisenigai-07.png", "life-shopping-nipporisenigai-01.jpg", "life-shopping-nipporisenigai-02.jpg", "life-shopping-nipporisenigai-03.jpg" ]] , [ "hr" ] , [ "p", "What we loved:" ] , [ "ul", [ "" , "To see the stores crowded with fashion fans of all ages and styles, trendy fashion students, cosplayers and elegant women obviously wearing their own creations." , "The care given to products everywhere: rolls protected individually, careful verification of the absence of defects at the time of cutting." , "The variety of niche specialities, like how one store had a whole floor of sequined fabric, or another offering dozens of references of real silk tulle (a challenge for us to find in HK)" ] ] , [ "img", [ "life-shopping-nipporisenigai-06.jpg", "life-shopping-nipporisenigai-04.jpg", "life-shopping-nipporisenigai-05.jpg" ]] , [ "p", "Note that in Japan fabric is sold by the meter (not the yard). Also many stores have websites in English. Not all of them can delivery worldwide but don't hesitate to ask vendors for business cards and contact them again later as things could be arranged on an individual order basis." ] , [ "hr" ] , [ "p", "Our rating:" ] , [ "ul", [ "" , "Location — ■■■■ — Very convenient location in city centre, close to Nippori (日暮里) station." , "Width of services — ■■■□ — More than 90 stores including specialist ribbon, leather and fabric stores. We only regretted the limited variety of haberdashery supplies." , "Depth of goods — ■■■■ — Very wide range of fabrics, usually sorted by material and/or usage" , "Prices — ■■■□ — Of course quality goods are expensive but some stores have a ¥100 section similar to the HKD5/y stores in Hong Kong" ] ] ] , "author": "Alex VB" }